Urgently Required Crew for Short Film

Visual FX Artist

Sacramento

Northern California Filmmakers Coalition(NCFC) declares the post production phase of short film "Dr. Castillo"

Writers, Moh Salim, Steven Schenck and a'Ali De Sousa. We are looking for:

1- Editor.

2 - Visual effects artist.

Synopsis:

DR. CASTILLO is a fine man of high merit and bravery, most of all a sympathy for his fellow man. Doctor Castillo immigrated from the Philippines ten years ago. He practiced fifteen years as a Doctor in the Philippine. He has treated thousands of patients.

Dr. Castillo can't perform medicine in USA because US laws require to pass some very difficult exams. He passed most but not the last exam. His marriage broke. His ex-wife took two kids and everything else from him. After his divorce, he is left with no money and tries to live in a storage locker to save money for the chance to reconstruct his life.

Doctor Castillo tries to help others without health insurance by offering prescriptions for Mexican Pharmacies just over the border in Tijuana. The plan backfires when the people he helps are followed by US Health and Human Services Authorities. Investigators catch Doctor Castillo when he is fingered as the ringleader by one of the people he tried to help.

The production office is referred to the “front office” and includes staff such as the production manager, production coordinator and their assistants; the accounting staff; the assistant directors, sometimes the locations manager and assistants. The following are jobs within the production office:

Production Manager – supervises the physical aspects of the production (not the creative aspects) including personnel, technology, budget and scheduling. It is the production manager’s responsibility to make sure the filming stays on schedule and within its budget. The production manager also helps manage the day-to-day budget by managing operating costs such as salaries, production costs and everyday equipment rental costs.

Production Coordinator – the information nexus of the production. Responsible for organizing all the logistics from hiring crew, renting equipment, and booking talent. The production coordinator is an integral part of the film production. Assistant Director (1st and 2nd) – assists the production manager and the director. Generally in charge of overseeing the day-to-day management of the cast and crew including scheduling, equipment, script and the set.

Production Assistant – assists the first assistant director with set operations. Production assistants, referred to as “pa’s”. Also assists in the production office with general tasks.

Script supervisor – also known as “continuity person” keeps track of what parts of the script have been filmed and makes notes of any deviations between what was actually filmed and what appeared in the script.